《相思》是由彭擎政执导的一部动画短片。作品于2016年12月23日在中国正式上映。该作品以王维的同名诗《相思》为传作背景,讲述了嘉庆名士王初桐和发小六娘青梅竹马、红豆定情却无缘厮守的爱情故事。这部动画为上海嘉定800年重点项目之一的“中国唱诗班”系列动画第二集,整个系列由青年导演林旭坚任监制,新片场发行。
故事讲述少年与六娘从小青梅竹马,幼时便以红豆定情。长大成人后,少年与六娘却因门不当户不对,即使偶遇也只能无奈擦肩而过。后来,六娘被迫嫁给了富家少爷,无缘再与心中的少年厮守。失去了爱情的少年却等来了功名,乘着小船,拿着六娘手绣的带红豆图案的手巾离开了故乡。
故事以寄寓相思情的“红豆”为线索,牵出了出生名门贵族的六娘和寒门学子初桐从小情投意合却无法厮守的故事。作为一部以古典文学作品为基础的纯手绘动画,短片在画面意境上也具有中国特色。用色清淡雅致,与故事背景相得益彰。辅以细腻的人物刻画和贴合的音乐,美好却注定悲剧的爱情也增添了一份余韵颇长的古典气息。
Xiangsi is an animated short film directed by Peng Qingzheng. The work was officially released in China on December 23, 2016. The work is based on Wang Wei's poem "Xiang Si" of the same name, and tells the love story of Wang Chutong, a famous scholar in Jiaqing, and his childhood sweethearts Liuniang's, they like each other but they are not marry.
This animation is the second episode of the "Chinese Choir" series of animations, one of the 800-year key projects in Jiading, Shanghai. The entire series is supervised by young director Lin Xujian and released on the new set. The story tells that the boy and Liu Niang were childhood sweethearts, and they fell in love when they were young. After growing up, the boy and Liu Niang were not in the same household because they were not in the same household, and even if they met by chance, they could only pass by.
Later, Liu Niang was forced to marry the young master of a rich family, and was no longer able to stay with the young man in her heart. The young man who had lost his love waited for his fame and left his hometown in a boat with a hand towel with a red bean pattern embroidered by Liu Niang. The story takes the "red bean" as a clue, which leads to the story of Liu Niang, who was born in a famous noble family, and Chutong, a student from a poor family, who fell in love with each other since childhood but could not stay together.
As a pure hand-drawn animation based on classical literary works, the short film also has Chinese characteristics in the artistic conception of the picture. The colors are light and elegant, and complement the background of the story. Supplemented by delicate characterization and fitting music, the beautiful but doomed tragic love also adds a classical atmosphere with a long aftertaste.
Peng Qingzheng is one of the representatives of the new generation of Chinese animation. He is famous for his rich imagination and good at integrating Chinese traditional culture into his works. He was admitted to the animation department of Beijing Film Academy with the first grade in his major. The graduation short film "Promise" includes Won a number of domestic and foreign awards from 2008 to 2010. At present, he is the chief director of a large-scale animated TV series and the movie "Peking Opera Cats", and his representative works include the animation series "Chinese Choir".